Three teenagers convicted following the death of Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe

Three teenage boys have today (02/04/2026) been convicted following the death of 15-year-old Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe in Manchester in September last year.

A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy have been found guilty of murder, and a 14-year-old boy has been found guilty of manslaughter.

On Monday 15th September 2025 at around 4.30pm, officers responded to a disturbance in the area of Moss Lane East and Monton Street in which a teenage boy had been stabbed. Emergency services quickly attended however despite the best efforts of medical professionals, Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe who was 15 at the time, sadly died later that evening.

Following the trial which begin last month at Bolton Crown Court, all three have been convicted and remanded in custody. They will be sentenced on Thursday 21 May 2026.

Paying tribute to him at the time of his death, his family described Mohaned as ‘quick to laugh, easy to love, with a ready smile’:

“Mohanad was our 15-year-old son, and a younger sibling to his sister and brother. Mohanad was the baby of the family, he was quick to laugh, easy to love, with a ready smile. Our son had an uncanny ability to make you laugh, making it sometimes difficult to be serious with him.

“Mohanad had many friends, he was loyal and often played the class clown, simply to see them laugh.

“Mohanad’s life has been cut tragically short, it is difficult to comprehend that seeing your son head off for school in the morning, would be the last time that we would see that handsome face.

“Mohanad deserves to be remembered for the young man who was loved by his family, and loved big in return, not as the boy whose life was taken with no thought or reason.

“We will not allow his name to be known as yet another statistic in the rise of knife crime.

“Remember Mohanad with love in your heart and a kind word on your lips.”

Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector Alex Wilkinson of GMP’s Major Incident Team said: “Our thoughts first and foremost remain with the friends and family of Mohanad following this horrific incident.

“I would like to thank them for their courage and strength during the trial, and I hope today’s verdict will help them in their steps towards justice for Mohanad.

“Our investigators worked tirelessly across this investigation – from undertaking several warrants, speaking to countless witnesses and scouring hours of CCTV footage to understand the elements that have led up to Mohanad’s death.

“One life lost to knife crime is one too many, and we will continue our commitment to get justice for families who have been affected by knife crime.”